Improvement in curtain-fixtures



W. P.-HAINES.

CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

No.174,809 Patented March 14, 1876.

INVENTORL fi 12am,

N. PEIERS. FHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHKNGTON D C.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM P. HAINES, or WEST MIDDLEBURG,

PATENT Orrrcn.

OHIO

IMPROVEMENT m CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,809, dated March14, 1876; application filed I January 8, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. HAINES, aresident of West Middleburg, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio,have invented a new and valuable I mprovement in Fixtures for OperatingWindow Shades or Blinds; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of .the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a front view of mydevice for operating window-curtains.

This invention hasrelation to improvements in window-curtain operators,which are designed not only to wind up the curtain, but also to lowerand raise it in the windowframe, so as to admit light from above orbelow, as may be requisite; and the nature of the invention consists inthe arrangement and novel construction of the various devices used,whereby the above-mentioned desirable results are obtained in a cheapand reliable form, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a window-frame, havingat its upper edge three pulleys, a be, the first two of which aresituated at the corners of the sash within the frame, and the latter atthe middle of the same, as shown in Fig. 1. B represents an .ordinarywindow-curtain, which is secured in the customary manner to a roller, U,having upon one end apulley, d, inthe groove of which is secured anoperating cord, D. This roller is journaled in metallic hangers attachedto cords E E, which pass upward over pulleys a b at the corners of thewindow-frame. As shown in Fig. 1, cord E passes across the frame andaround the central pulley c, whence it is carried through a guard, F,havinga pulley-wheel,f, near the upper part of the frame and outsidethereof, and cord E is carried completely across the frame, and is alsopassed through guard loop F, over pulley f, when both cords are knottedtogether at intervals. drawn downward, the roller being in the positionshown in Fig. 1, the said roller will be gently raised to the upper partof the windowframe, closing the opening therein. (Shown in Fig. 1.), Thecurtain will be held in this position by engaging the cord with a knob,

When thiscord is,

g, on the side of the frame. The curtain may be raised or loweredindependently of the use of cords E E, the roller being in any positionin the frame, in the following manner: By drawing downward upon a tasselattached "to the lower partot'the saidcurtain, the latter will beunwound from the roller, which, being journaled in hangers e e, is thuscaused to rotate, at the same timewinding up operating-cord D in thegroove of the pulley d, and when it becomes necessary to raise thecurtain the roller will be made to rotate in the opposite direction,thus winding the curtain about the said roller by drawing downward uponthe said cord.

The advantage of this construction (the employment of the central pulleyc) is, that curtain D is made to fill up the entire space between thejambs of the'frame, instead of leaving an intersticeat each side for theadmission of light, and it is necessary for the accomplishment of thisresult, when the curtain is hung within the frame, that this pulley, orits equivalent, should be used, as by passing the .cord E upward betweenit and the jamb of the window it will hold the end of the roller and theedge of the curtain in contact therewith, or so nearly so 'asto coverthe edge rails of the sash, and thus exclude.

the light, and by giving this cord a turn around the said pulley, andthen uniting it with cord E, both ends of the roller may besimultaneously and equally raised or lowered.

Cords 'E E, being passed through aguard over a pulley, f, will beprevented from escaping-from the latter, and a great annoyance will thusbe done away with.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the rollers a b, 'arranged inside the frame,cords E E, and roller 0, the pulley 0 between rollers a 1), around whichcord E passes before uniting with cord E, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the operatingcords E E, passing over pulleys a. bnext the frame, the intermediate pulley c, guard F, and pulley f,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I'claim' the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses, Decemberfl3, 1875. WILLIAM P. HAINES.Witnesses:

ISRAEL PooL, ISAAC PooL.

